Paul Prudhomme Quotes

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained.

We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home.

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.

One of my missions was to teach.

We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself!

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live.

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.